BiddingForGood Employees Find Meaningful Work
It's not all about the money or is it? How often have you listened to the people in your life talk about how they're looking for meaningful work? They want to live their life with purpose. They want to find meaning in their job as well as in the rest of their life. There are many professions that offer tangible rewards every day, tangible ways of having impact, of making a difference. There are the healthcare professions. It must feel meaningful to save people's lives everyday, right? There are a host of professions that fit that bill.
But how many of us can say that we have personally raised almost $738,000 dollars for good causes in one year? No, really. $738,000! You may be thinking... well... development professionals in large organizations do that all the time. But how many people who are web designers, or client services representatives, or accountants, or software programmers can say that. Let's think for a minute about what $738,000 buys in a world full of need.
It would feed 61 families of 4 people for an entire year. It would feed and care for almost 400 dogs for one year. It would fund 15 special education teachers for a year. If I think back to my time running a professional theater company, $738,000 would fund our entire educational outreach program for several years.
That is some kind of impact and it feels great! At BiddingForGood, the clients we serve are all phenomenally committed to the organizations they serve. The nonprofit sector is filled with people who do "meaningful work." That is one of the reasons that our company is so proud and happy to be working with so many nonprofits. We are all making a massive difference in the world - each and every one of us.
So the next time you are listening to someone lament the fact that their work has no meaning, tell them to take a little time out of their life and go volunteer at some local nonprofit that is making a big difference. The need is there and so is the reward. Here's to us all finding meaningful work in 2012.